Leg and handle for folding beds.



No. 684,|49. Patented on. a, 1901. L. w. WELCH.

LEG AND HANDLE FDR FOLDING BEDS.

(Application filed June a, 1901.

(No Model.)

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LYMAN W. WELCH, OF GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN.

LEG AND HANDLE FOR FOLDING BEDS.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 684,149, dated Oetober' 8, 1901.

Application filed June 8, 1901. Serial No. 63,757. (No model.)

To all whom it ntay concern:

Be it known that I, LYMAN W. WELCH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Grand Rapids,Kent county,Michigan,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Legs and Handles for Folding Beds, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to certain improvements in folding beds, and is designed more especially for the form of bed shown in Letters Patent of the United States granted to me April 9, 1901, No. 671,843. Owing to the nature of the front of this bed it is desirable to have an attractive form of supporting-leg which will support the hinged section when down, and it is also necessary that handles should be provided for opening the bed. I have devised an attractive and convenient form of supporting-leg which also answers for a handle for opening the bed.

I have illustrated the invention in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a front elevation of the bed, and Fig. 2 a side sectional elevation showing the bed unfolded.

In the drawings, A represents the stationary frame of the bed, and B the hinged front thereof.-

0 is a stretcher-board which is hinged near the upper edge of the folding section B and swings downwardly into vertical position, as shown in Fig. 2, when the bed is unfolded.

The leg is shown at D and is of claw shape, as illustrated. The ends of these claws are located in the same plane and may be secured to the board in any suitable manner, as by screws passing through suitable openings. The central claw'member is continued beyond the junction for a suitable distance, as shown at d, and thus forms a leg, while the portion 61 serves as a handle for drawing the bed out. By reason of the three claws an exceedingly strong connection is secured.

Having thus described my invention,- what I claim is In combination with the swinging section of a folding bed, a combined leg and handle comprising a metallic bracket portion having branching arms secured to the front of said section and an extension from said bracket forming a leg, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

LYMAN w. WELOH.

Witnesses: I

HOWARD A. THORNTON, J. E. EARLE. 

